actionable Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite affording grounds for legal action
    • slander is an actionable offense

WordNet

Ac"tion*a*ble adjective
Etymology
Cf. LL. actionabilis. See Action.
Definitions
  1. That may be the subject of an action or suit at law; as, to call a man a thief is actionable.

Webster 1913